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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 217.96 Cr
Over 4.09 Cr 1st dose vaccines administered for age group 12-14 years
India's Active caseload currently stands at 40,979
3,615 new cases reported in the last 24 hours
Recovery Rate currently stands at 98.72%
Weekly Positivity Rate is presently at 1.55%
India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 217.96 Cr  as per provisional reports till 7 am today.
COVID-19 vaccination for the age group 12-14 years was started on 16 March, 2022. So far, more than 4.09 Cr  adolescents have been administered with the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Similarly, the COVID-19 precaution dose administration for age group 18-59 years also started from 10th April, 2022 onwards.
The break-up of the cumulative figure as per the provisional report till 7 am today include:
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Cumulative Vaccine Dose Coverage
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HCWs
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1st Dose
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10415087
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2nd Dose
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10117967
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Precaution Dose
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6998924
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FLWs
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1st Dose
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18436621
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2nd Dose
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17715423
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Precaution Dose
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13607954
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Age Group 12-14 years
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1st Dose
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40973196
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2nd Dose
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31611534
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Age Group 15-18 years
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1st Dose
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61928040
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2nd Dose
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53002753
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Age Group 18-44 years
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1st Dose
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561227311
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2nd Dose
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515573253
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Precaution Dose
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92119105
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Age Group 45-59 years
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1st Dose
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204021387
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2nd Dose
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196922348
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Precaution Dose
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47448650
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Over 60 years
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1st Dose
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127663408
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2nd Dose
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123112757
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Precaution Dose
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46735782
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Precaution Dose
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20,69,10,415
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Total
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2,17,96,31,500
India’s Active Caseload currently stands at 40,979. Active cases now constitute 0.09% of the country's total Positive Cases.
Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.72%. 4,972 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours and the cumulative tally of recovered patients  is now at 4,40,09,525.
3,615 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.
The last 24 hours saw a total of 3,23,293 COVID-19 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 89.44 Cr  cumulative tests.
Weekly Positivity Rate in the country currently stands at 1.55% and the Daily Positivity rate is reported to be 1.12%.
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Seat vacant under SC/ST category for BPEd course at SAI-LNCPE
The Principal, SAI-LNCPE, Trivandrum invites application from the SC/ST candidates eligible for admission to BPEd  course for filling up the 1 seats lying vacant under SC category  and three seats under ST category . The interested candidates may apply online  and report to the College with all the certificates  proving eligibility as prescribed in the Prospectus 2021-22 for admission test at SAI-LNCPE, Trivandrum at 9 am on 2021 December 3rd. Candidates already attended the admission tests this year are not eligible. For more details contact: 0471 2412189.
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Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Implementation of Reservation in Promotion for Employees
The Supreme Court in Special Leave Petition  No.30621/2011 has passed the following order on 17.5.2018:-
“It is directed that the pendency of this Special Leave Petition shall not stand in the way of Union of India taking steps for the purpose of promotion from ‘reserved to reserved’ and ‘unreserved to unreserved’ and also in the matter of promotion on merits..”.
Further, in the matter related to Special Leave Petition  No.31288/2017 connected to Special Leave to Appeal  No.28306/2017, the Supreme Court held as under on 05.06.2018:-
“Heard learned counsel for the parties, Learned ASG has referred to order dated 17.05.2018 in SLP No.30621/2011. It is made clear that the Union of India is not debarred from making promotions in accordance with law, subject to further orders, pending further consideration of the matter. Tag to SLP  No.30621 of 2011.”
Based on interim Orders/directions of the Supreme Court dated 17.05.2018 and 05.6.2018, Department of Personnel and Training vide Office Memorandum No. 36012/11/2016- Estt. {Pt-II} dated 15.06.2018 requested all the Ministries/Departments of the Government of India to carry out promotions in accordance with above directions of the Supreme Court on existing seniority / select lists subject to further orders which may be passed by the Supreme Court. The State Governments were advised to take necessary action in accordance with the above-mentioned orders passed by the Supreme Court.
This information was provided by the Union Minister of State  Development of North-Eastern Region , MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Science & Technology
DST Inspire Faculty Fellow develops algorithms to ensure efficiency of networked systems
Atreyee Kundu, a Department of Science & Technology  INSPIRE Faculty fellow, has designed scheduling and control algorithms for networked control systems whose shared communication networks have a limited communication capacity and are prone to data losses.
The paper written in collaboration with Prof. Daniel Quevedo of Queensland University of Technology, Australia, and accepted for publication in the journal IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems studies systems in which multiple devices are accessing a wireless network of limited capacity and prone to loss of information and gives algorithms for the sequence in which the devices can be given access to the network and control inputs that can be applied so that all the devices maintain desired properties to ensure efficiency of the networked system.
Dr. Kundu works on developing new sets of decision and control algorithms to help society take maximum benefits of technology for fixing various wide-ranged problems in various sectors such as health, education, drone flying, and so on. She works on the design of decision and control algorithms for networked control systems. She employs hybrid dynamical systems framework and discrete mathematics as the primary tools for system analysis and algorithm synthesis. Numerically tractable algorithms that she has proposed are particularly useful in setups like smart homes, smart cities, group of robots carrying out a specific task, platoons of autonomous vehicles, and so on.
“In modern-day engineering systems, the process and its control algorithm are often required to be geographically apart. For example, a remote surgery, where the doctor and the patient are at two different locations, a flying drone is being controlled by a ground PC, platoons of autonomous cars plying on the road, etc. The process and the control algorithm talk to each other over a shared wireless communication network, and we call such systems as Networked Control Systems. The real-time feedback control loops present in networked control systems are different from traditional feedback control systems due to communication limitations and uncertainties. Naturally, new sets of decision and control algorithms are a key requirement in modern engineering which is what I design as a DST INSPIRE faculty fellow,” said Dr. Kundu.
Her work is fundamental to a wide class of modern engineering systems and benefits every section of society through a range of areas like healthcare disaster management governance, administration, and so on.
Dr. Kundu has developed stabilization algorithms, scheduling algorithms, and control algorithms for networked control systems that are subject to communication limitations and uncertainties. Her work in the areas of networked control and cyber-physical systems can help making modern engineering facilities like telesurgery, autonomous vehicles, etc., more accessible to everyone in the long run.
Publication link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9442914
For more details, contact Atreyee Kundu .
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Government of India grants 265 Diplomate of National Board  postgraduate medical seats to several Government hospitals in J&K
250 PG seats across 20 districts in Phase 1 allotted
50% PG seats reserved for postgraduate training of local in-service doctors
In a significant move, in sync with Prime Minister’s vision of “Health for All” aimed at improvement of healthcare delivery across the country, Government of India has granted 265 Diplomate of National Board  postgraduate medical seats to several Government hospitals in J&K across 20 districts with the active contribution of National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences .
This important step would not only ensure that people of J&K are benefited but the doctors of J&K will also get an opportunity of being trained in their own region. Tapping this homegrown medical workforce would lead to an effective healthcare delivery system in the UT.
With the vision of providing trained specialists in almost every district of Jammu and Kashmir, Government of India took this as a challenge in a mission mode. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare along with NBEMS took a lead role and ensured that several postgraduate seats of NBEMS are granted to various government hospitals of Jammu and Kashmir.
As a consequence, presently there exists more than 250 PG seats across 20 districts in phase 1 of the expansion plan.More PG seats will be granted in the second phase. Furthermore, 50% of the PG seats are reserved for local in-service doctors to provide them the opportunity for postgraduate training.
The people of Jammu and Kashmir will be benefited as modern quality healthcare will become more affordable and accessible in almost all the districts. This in turn, would further enhance the quality of primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare.
For various medical entrance examinations, Government of India has increased the number of examination centres in the UT itself due to which candidates of Jammu and Kashmir will not have to travel to other states to appear in the entrance examinations.
List of NBEMS accredited seats in the Government Hospitals / Medical Colleges in Jammu & Kashmir, is as follows:
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
Gadkari Directs NHAI to Ensure Deployment of Best Technology for Ensuring Success of the FASTag Project
Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and MSME Shri Nitin Gadkari has directed NHAI to ensure that all major efforts including deployment of best technology are adopted for ensuring success of the FASTag project. Reviewing the progress of implementing National Electronic Toll Collection  mechanism at NH toll plazas across the country from the 1st of December this year, the Minister desired that all efforts may be made on war footing to address any issue arising at the daily trial run initiated by NHAI. Shri Gadkari directed that regular review at the highest level in NHAI may be undertaken for ensuring smooth rollout of the scheme. He further desired that on-the-spot mechanism for issuing FASTags for the vehicles entering dedicated FASTag lane should also be put in place so that the road users have a choice of either obtaining the FASTag or paying the double penal fee for using FASTag lane.
Shri Gadkari emphasized that the project should be implemented in the spirit of minimizing waiting period at the toll plazas so that the users benefit in terms of fuel and time saving, while the society benefits in terms of reduced vehicular emission.
NHAI Chairman Shri S.S. Sandhu assured the Minister that all issues are being addressed during the trial run initiated by NHAI, including a provision for issuing on-the-spot FASTags. He further stated that dedicated FASTag lanes have been identified, and are being enforced during the trial run. He informed the Minister that the progress of this scheme is being reviewed on daily basis.
President's Secretariat
PRESIDENT OF INDIA IN SHIMLA; GRACES THE OPENING OF TULIP GARDEN AT RASHTRAPATI NIWAS MASHOBRA
The President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu graced the opening of Tulip Garden at Rashtrapati Niwas, Mashobra in Himachal Pradesh today .
The Tulip Garden, which will be open to the public from April 23, 2023 along with the main building of Rashtrapati Niwas, its lawn and orchards, features a range of tulip varieties, including Strong Gold, Denmark, Velemark, Jumbopink and Laptop.
Ministry of Defence
Visit of Raksha Mantri to Forward Areas of Spear Corps Zone
Raksha Mantri Smt Nirmala Sitharaman, who arrived at Dimapur, Nagaland on 29 May 2018, continued her visit to Spear Corps Zone today. The Raksha Mantri undertook a visit of forward posts of the Assam Rifles along the Indo-Myanmar Border and was accompanied by General Officer Commanding Spear Corps Lt Gen Gopal R.
At the forward posts, the Raksha Mantri witnessed first-hand the prevalent conditions and ongoing operations of units deployed for border guarding operations in the area. Here she was briefed by commanders operating on the ground. Having made a comprehensive assessment of the situation, Raksha Mantri Smt Nirmala Sitharaman expressed immense satisfaction on the high standards of professionalism and dedication displayed by units and formations of Spear Corps responsible for operations along the Indo-Myanmar Border.
During her visit to the forward areas, the Raksha Mantri also interacted with local State Government functionaries and representatives of other security agencies. She also met local community leaders of the area and appreciated their cooperation in maintaining security in the area.
Notwithstanding weather disruptions, the Raksha Mantri having accomplished objectives of the visit, departed for Delhi later in the day.
Ministry of Rural Development
Sea of changes in developmental front in NE under Modi: Union MoS SN Jyoti
Union Minister of State for Rural Development and Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution Ms Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti arrived in Imphal on an official visit in the state on Monday.
The Union minister visited the state to review implementation of various Central sponsored schemes being implemented by her ministry in the state.
Addressing a press conference at Hotel Classic Grande Imphal, the Union minister said that a sea of changes were brought about in the developmental sector in the northeast region of the country under the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership. There has been marked improvement in almost all sectors, particularly in the road connectivity, healthcare and socio economy of the region as the Prime Minister is giving special emphasis to the region.
She said that the Prime Minister has a vision to convert the eight states in the region as the growth engine of the country.
The Union minister said that Covid-19 crisis had little impact on the socio-economy in the region as the Centre had assured of outreaching the benefits of various social security schemes to the deserving beneficiaries in the region under the guidance of the Prime Minister.
She said that the Central government ensured 100% of the benefits of almost all the social security schemes to the deserving beneficiaries even at the time of Covid crisis.
Informing that she came here to review the implementation of various schemes under her ministries, Jyoti said that she was satisfied with the manner in which various schemes, particularly MGNREGS under rural development department. She lauded the initiatives being taken up to improve rural road connectivity while providing jobs to the beneficiaries of MGNREGA.
The Union minister said that MGNREGS helped a lot in the economy of the poor people in the rural areas at the time of COVID-19 crisis.
“I thank the concerned authority of the state government for its excellent performance in imparting jobs to job card holders in the state in this time of Covid crisis,” she said.
Jyoti said that India under the able leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi could fight the Covid effectively with the active support of the people.
She lauded the role being taken by the doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers and media in the fight against the pandemic.
At the same time, the Union minister said that there was a remarkable improvement in the healthcare sector in the country after virus spread in the country. She said that the healthcare delivery system was in an awful state in the country post COVID-19 crisis.
However, tireless efforts of the Central government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a commitment had brought about a remarkable transformation in the healthcare sector.
State rural development and panchayati raj minister Th Bishwajit also attended the press conference among others.
Election Commission
Biennial Election to Rajya Sabha due to retirement of sitting members from Kerala
The term of office of 3 members of the Council of States  elected from Kerala, is due to expire in the month of July, 2018 as per the following details:
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S.No.
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State
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Name of Member
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Date of retirement
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1.
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Kerala
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1. Joy Abraham
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01.07.2018
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2. P.J. Kurien
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3. C.P. Narayanan
The Election Commission has decided to hold the Biennial Election to the Council of States from Kerala in accordance with the following schedule: -
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Issue of Notifications
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4th June, 2018 
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Last date of making nominations
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11th June, 2018 
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Scrutiny of nominations
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12th June, 2018 
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-
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Last date for withdrawal of candidatures
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14th June, 2018 
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-
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Date of poll
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21st June, 2018 
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Hours of poll
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9.00 A.M. to 4.00 P.M
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Counting of Votes
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21st June, 2018  at 5.00 PM
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-
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Date before which election shall be completed
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25th June, 2018
Ministry of Development of North-East Region
Training program from 15th, December 2021 to 12th, February 2022 on “Value Addition and Marketing of Non-Timbre Forest Product under Ministry of DONER.
The two-months training from 15th, December 2021 to 12th, February 2022 on, “Value Addition and Marketing Of Non-Timbre Forest Product  : Bamboo Crafts”, a programme of ENVIS Secretariat, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change , Govt. of India, organized by ENVIS Hub- Assam, Assam Science Technology and Environment Council  in collaboration with North East Cane and Bamboo Council , Burnihat, Guwahati  commenced at the NECBDC campus, Guwahati.
Dr. Shailendra Chaudhari, MD, NECBDC along with government officials from Assam welcomed and addressed the trainees on the occasion.
MG/MPW/SB
Ministry of Labour & Employment
EPFO onboards Air India for social security coverage
EPFO onboards Air India for social security coverage to service the Social Security needs of their employees. Air India Ltd applied for voluntarily covered u/s 1 of the EPF & MP Act 1952 which has been allowed vide gazette notification dated 13.01.2022 w.e.f. 01-12-2021.
The social security benefits will be provided to around 7,453 employees for whom contributions have been filed by Air India with EPFO for the month of December 2021. These Employees of AIR INDIA now will be entitled to following benefits:
- The employees will receive extra 2% employer’s contributions in their Provident Fund Accounts at 12% of their wages. Earlier they were covered under the PF Act of 1925, where the contributions to the Provident Fund was at 10% by employer and 10% by employee,
- EPF Scheme 1952, EPS 1995 and EDLI 1976 will now be applicable to the employees.
- A guaranteed minimum pension of Rs 1,000/- will be available to employees and pensions to family and dependents in case of death of employee.
- An assured insurance benefit in case of death of member will be available in the range of minimum Rs.2.50 Lakh and maximum 7 Lakhs. No premium is charged to the EPFO covered employees for this benefit.
Since 1952-53, Air India and Indian Airlines were the two separate companies that were covered under PF Act 1925. In 2007, both the companies merged into one company- Air India Ltd. Under the PF Act 1925, benefit of Provident Fund was available but there was no statutory pension scheme or insurance Scheme. The employees used to participate in self-contributory annuity-based pension scheme. Based on the scheme parameters, the accumulations used to be paid to the employees. There was no minimum pension guarantee and no extra benefit in case of death of a member
Ministry of Labour & Employment
All-India Consumer Price Index Numbers For Agricultural And Rural Labourers – November, 2022
The All-India Consumer Price Index Number for Agricultural Labourers and Rural Labourers  for the month of November, 2022 increased by 8 points each to stand at 1167  and 1178  points respectively. The major contribution towards the rise in general index of Agricultural Labourers and Rural Labourers came from food group to the extent of 4.05 & 3.56 points respectively mainly due to increase in prices of rice, wheat-atta, jowar, bajra, pulses, meat goat, mustard-oil, milk, ghee, onion, chillies dry, mixed spices, tea-readymade, etc.
The rise/fall in index varied from State to State. In case of Agricultural Labourers, it recorded an increase of 1 to 16 points in 17 States and a decrease of 1 to 9 points in 3 States. Tamil Nadu with 1345 points topped the index table whereas Himachal Pradesh with 912 points stood at the bottom.
In case of Rural Labourers, it recorded an increase of 1 to 16 points in 18 States and a decrease of 5 to 9 points in 2 States. Tamil Nadu with 1333 points topped the index table whereas Himachal Pradesh with 965 points stood at the bottom.
Amongst states, the maximum increase in the Consumer Price Index Numbers for Agricultural and Rural Labourers was experienced by Bihar State  mainly due to rise in the prices of wheat-atta, maize, fish fresh, onion, firewood, vegetables & fruits, etc. On the contrary, the maximum decrease in the Consumer Price Index Numbers for Agricultural Labourers and Rural Labourers was experienced by Assam State  mainly due to fall in the prices of rice, fish-fresh, firewood, vegetables & fruits etc.
Point to point rate of inflation based on the CPI-AL and CPI-RL stood at 6.87% & 6.99% in November, 2022 compared to 7.22% & 7.34% respectively in October, 2022 and 3.02% and 3.38% respectively during the corresponding month of the previous year. Similarly, food inflation stood at 6.19% & 6.05% in November, 2022 compared to 7.05% & 7.00% respectively in October, 2022 and 0.88% & 1.07% respectively during the corresponding month of the previous year.
All-India Consumer Price Index Number :
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Group
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Agricultural Labourers
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Rural Labourers
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October, 2022
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November, 2022
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October, 2022
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November, 2022
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General Index
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1159
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1167
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1170
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1178
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Food
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1093
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1098
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1100
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1105
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Pan, Supari, etc.
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1925
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1941
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1935
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1950
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Fuel & Light
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1274
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1285
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1267
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1277
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Clothing, Bedding &Footwear
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1213
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1223
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1250
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1261
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Miscellaneous
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1208
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1224
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1213
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1228
The CPI – AL and RL for the month of December, 2022 will be released on 20th January, 2023.
PIB Headquarters
PIB’S BULLETIN ON COVID-19
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- 197.31 cr vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive
- India's Active caseload currently stands at 96,700
- Active cases stand at 0.22%
- Recovery Rate currently at 98.57%
- 9,486 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to 4,27,97,092
- 11,793 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours
- Daily positivity rate 
- Weekly Positivity Rate 
- 86.14 cr Total Tests conducted so far; 4,73,717 tests conducted in the last 24 hours
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